Category: Activities
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Planting the Seed
Girl Scouts explore outdoors and preserve area park Hazel C., Amelia E., Elenor R., Eliza E., and Caroline R. stop for a photo while exploring a local park. In fall 2019, Amy Chumley and Ellery Nief founded troop 21186 in the Fountain City and Inskip areas. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Brownies (grades 2-3) and…
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Wildwood: A Hidden Gem and its Surrounding Diamonds
Camp Wildwood is a place of everlasting fun and learning, especially to the Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians. The 12-acre camp is located in Johnson City and contains natural wildlife and beauty, which draws a lot of attention from hikers and campers across the East Tennessee region. While visiting Johnson City’s hidden gem, you might…
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Tanasi: More than a Summer Camp
Dr. Craig Harper (left) with graduate students Lindsey Phillips and Bonner Powell The Girl Scout camp near Andersonville, TN serves as a 461-acre outdoor classroom for UT students and organizations across the nation To most, Camp Tanasi represents a traditional camp experience filled with cabins, tents, archery, canoeing, and s’mores, where girls come to make…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Lucas
Congratulations to our Volunteer of the Month, Laura Lucas of Blount County! Learn more about Laura, her Girl Scout journey, and the difference she has seen Girl Scouting make. What is your occupation? Like most mothers, I have more than one occupation, one that I receive a paycheck for and the others I do just because…
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Girl Scouts, STEM, and King University: Oh My!
The United States STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) gap is widening each year. In an article published by U.S. News and World Report in August 2018, statistics were cited that projected the STEM gap in manufacturing alone would lead to 2 million unfilled jobs by 2025. The Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA) wants to…
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Girl Scouts Blaze Trails and Pick Up Litter with Hiking Club
The Hiking Club at the Mead’s Quarry Loop at Ijams Nature Center Have you ever been enjoying the beauty of the great outdoors and find yourself distracted by litter? The Girl Scouts of the Emory Valley Service Unit (EVSU) have and decided to do something about it. The girls and adult volunteers of the EVSU…
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The Story Behind the Song
In the summer of 2018, GSCSA launched the Outreach program with the hopes of providing the life-changing Girl Scout experience for those who may not be able to. Now with 21 sites and serving more than 300 girls, Outreach has done just that. The traditional troop model doesn’t always work due to transportation issues or lack of…
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Battle of the Books
The traditional troop model doesn’t always work for every girl in our council due to transportation issues, lack of funds, or not being able to find a volunteer to run the troop. This is where Girl Scouts Council of Southern Appalachians’ (GSCSA) Outreach program comes in. We have part-time staff members that deliver the Girl Scout program…
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A Week in the Wilderness
At Camp Tanasi, our summer resident camp, girls have the chance to commune with nature in a variety of approaches. Some approaches are more committed than others, such as Wilderness Week. During Wilderness Week, campers sleep in camping hammocks provided by the camp in a primitive outdoor unit with access to potable water. Each camper…
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Girl Scouts, Chattanooga State Community College Partnered to Teach Girls about Careers in STEM
Girl Scouts has made a commitment to put 2.5 million girls through hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs by 2025 to help bridge the ever-widening STEM gap in the United States. At Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA), we’re doing our part through partnerships with local community colleges that provide Girl Scouts with interactive…